Install Mozilla Firefox 33 in Linux Ubuntu, Mint, debian, OpenSuse, Redhat ad Other Distros

 

Install  Mozilla Firefox 33 in Linux Ubuntu, Mint, debian, OpenSuse, Redhat ad Other Distros

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Version 33.0, first offered to Release channel users on October 13, 2014. Check out "What’s New" and "Known Issues" for this version of Firefox below. As always, you’re encouraged to tell us what you think, or file a bug in Bugzilla. If interested, please see the complete list of changes in this release.

We'd also like to extend a special thank you to all of the new Mozillians who contributed to this release of Firefox!

For more information, see the release notes.

To Install Mozilla Firefox 33 in Linux Ubuntu (12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.0, 14.10), mint (14,15,16,17) and debian, OpenSuse, Redhat ad Other Distros , open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

For Linux 32 bit system

wget ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/33.0/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-33.0.tar.bz2
tar -xjvf firefox-33.0.tar.bz2
sudo rm -rf /opt/firefox*
sudo mv firefox /opt/firefox33.0
sudo ln -sf /opt/firefox33.0/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

For Linux 64 bit system

wget ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/33.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-33.0.tar.bz2
tar -xjvf firefox-33.0.tar.bz2
sudo rm -rf /opt/firefox*
sudo mv firefox /opt/firefox33.0
sudo ln -sf /opt/firefox32.0/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

To start Firefox 33, just open a terminal, type firefox and hit enter.
Note: This will replace the version of Firefox you have already on your system with Firefox 33.